Text message reminders, which have had mixed but generally favorable results in improving compliance and stimulating actions, didn’t make the cut when it came to reminding 82 new user women patients in Boston to take their contraceptive pills. Drawn from… Read moreA small doubt on text messaging effectiveness
NeuroVigil, an early-stage company last mentioned here as part of the mHealth Summit 2009 report on wireless sensors [TA 4 Nov], may still be in test of their single-electrode sensor for testing brain activity–and the algorithms needed to make sense… Read moreiBrain diagnoses sleep disorders; MIT recognition
Another encouraging sign that new financing is moving into eHealth–and including the ‘veterans’ as well. Healthsense today announced the close of a growth capital financing round–amount undisclosed–led by New York-based Radius Ventures, a health and life sciences venture fund making its first foray… Read moreHealthsense gains fresh financing for telecare system
A buddi-based satellite tracking pilot scheme designed to monitor the movements of violent offenders with mental health problems is to be expanded. The system is intended to prevent patients absconding or offending while they attend court or they are allowed… Read moreSatellites used to track mentally-ill violent criminals (UK)
….and sees good things. It’s a touch-all-the-bases-fast article that gets it mostly right. The drivers according to BBW are combinations of smartphones, retail and devices. Examples: Walgreens retails Vitality GlowCaps, and is testing weekly notifications of drug usage via AT&T to… Read moreBusiness Week gets mHealthy
